Beating Habitual Sin (or at Least Bad Habit)

[almostfound]

I have always been a creative and imaginative person. The problem is that I daydream too much. I’ve gotten better. None of my daydreams are inappropriate in their nature anymore, but I still daydream too much: about a great job, a romance (again, not in a sexual way but simply in a marriage/spending my life with someone kind of way), or having skills and talents that I don’t have. They’re not necessarily bad things but I feel like it’s pulling me away from God and making me bitter that I don’t have these things (or I will spend hours daydreaming). I can go about two days really trying not to daydream and pulling myself out of it if I start, but then somewhere on the third day I will be mentally exhausted from trying to stop myself and just let it happen. God has blessed me with so much recently and I just feel awful when I fall back into my habitual sin again, you know? I just feel like He’s so good to me and I am awful in return. I pray that God will take it away from me as well. Is there anything else I can do to stop a habitual sin that is in my head? It’s awful because it’s not a physical thing I can just throw away or deny myself. Is there a patron saint who’s help I could invoke to get over this sin.
Thank you and pray for me.

 

[Mtatum1958]

It’s awful because it’s not a physical thing I can just throw away or deny myself

As with everyone else here, I can offer an opinion or thought. Instead of mentally wrestling with yourself, try doing something physical to redirect that energy: exercise, take a walk, do some work around the home, offer to help a friend or neighbor with something.

Not all idle time or daydreaming is wasteful, we all need it to be our best. The issue, as with most things lies in the excess.